Title: | Guidance on technical requirements for regulated food and feed product applications to establish the presence of small particles including nanoparticles |
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Date: | 2021-08 |
Language: | English |
Scope: | 5772940 |
Department: | Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition |
Series: | EFSA Journal; 19(8) |
ISSN: | 1831-4732 |
DOI: | 10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6769 |
Subject: | Nanótækni; Matvælafræði; dissolution/degradation rate; electron microscopy; nanofraction; nanomaterial; particle size distribution; sample dispersion protocol; solubility; Parasitology; Food Science; Microbiology; Animal Science and Zoology; Veterinary (miscellaneous); Plant Science |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/2821 |
Citation:EFSA Scientific Committee 2021 , ' Guidance on technical requirements for regulated food and feed product applications to establish the presence of small particles including nanoparticles ' , EFSA Journal , vol. 19 , no. 8 , e06769 , pp. e06769 . https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6769
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Abstract:Following a mandate from the European Commission, EFSA has developed a Guidance on Technical Requirements (Guidance on Particle-TR), defining the criteria for assessing the presence of a fraction of small particles, and setting out information requirements for applications in the regulated food and feed product areas (e.g. novel food, food/feed additives, food contact materials and pesticides). These requirements apply to particles requiring specific assessment at the nanoscale in conventional materials that do not meet the definition of engineered nanomaterial as set out in the Novel Food Regulation (EU) 2015/2283. The guidance outlines appraisal criteria grouped in three sections, to confirm whether or not the conventional risk assessment should be complemented with nanospecific considerations. The first group addresses solubility and dissolution rate as key physicochemical properties to assess whether consumers will be exposed to particles. The second group establishes the information requirements for assessing whether the conventional material contains a fraction or consists of small particles, and its characterisation. The third group describes the information to be presented for existing safety studies to demonstrate that the fraction of small particles, including particles at the nanoscale, has been properly evaluated. In addition, in order to guide the appraisal of existing safety studies, recommendations for closing the data gaps while minimising the need for conducting new animal studies are provided. This Guidance on Particle-TR complements the Guidance on risk assessment of nanomaterials to be applied in the food and feed chain, human and animal health updated by the EFSA Scientific Committee as co-published with this Guidance. Applicants are advised to consult both guidance documents before conducting new studies.
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Description:Funding text The Scientific Committee and the cross-cutting Working Group on Nanotechnologies wish to thank the EFSA staff members: Hermine Reich, Renata Leuschner, Maria Vittoria Vettori, Irene Cattaneo, and Maria Chiara Astuto for the support provided to this scientific output. The Scientific Committee and the cross-cutting Working Group on Nanotechnologies wish to acknowledge JRC, ECHA and the Member States delegates of the EFSA Scientific Network of risk assessment of nanotechnologies in food and feed that provided feedback for this scientific output. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 European Food Safety Authority. EFSA Journal published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd on behalf of European Food Safety Authority.
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